credu

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *krėdid, from Proto-Celtic *kreddīti, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱred dʰeh₁- (“to place one's heart, i.e. to trust, believe”), compound phrase of oblique case form of *ḱḗr (“heart”) and *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, set”).

Pronunciation

Verb

credu (first-person singular present credaf) (transitive, intransitive)

  1. to believe, have faith in, trust, give credit, etc.
  2. to be disposed, feel inclined, bring oneself to, persuade oneself

Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future credaf credi cred credwn credwch credant credir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional		 credwn credit credai credem credech credent credid
preterite credais credaist credodd credasom credasoch credasant credwyd
pluperfect credaswn credasit credasai credasem credasech credasent credasid, credesid
present subjunctive credwyf credych credo credom credoch credont creder
imperative — cred creded credwn credwch credent creder
verbal noun credu
verbal adjectives crededig
credadwy
  • Alternative third-person singular present subjunctive: creto
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future creda i, credaf i credi di credith o/e/hi, crediff e/hi credwn ni credwch chi credan nhw
conditional credwn i, credswn i credet ti, credset ti credai fo/fe/hi, credsai fo/fe/hi creden ni, credsen ni credech chi, credsech chi creden nhw, credsen nhw
preterite credais i, credes i credaist ti, credest ti credodd o/e/hi credon ni credoch chi credon nhw
imperative — creda — — credwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
credu gredu nghredu chredu
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “credaf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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